23 Jan 2019
TravMedia's Influencer Conference, Marketplace & Awards comes to the QEII Centre London, 26 March 2019
Matthew Kepnes, operator of the award-winning budget travel website Nomadic Matt, was today announced as headline speaker for sit-UP, TravMedia's breakthrough event connecting the travel industry with influencers.
Kepnes has been cited as the world's leading travel blogger (source: The World's Top Travel Blogs for 2019) and is best-selling author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day. His tips and expertise have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, National Geographic, BBC, The Guardian, and The New York Times.
Kepnes' appearance climaxes the conference element of the sit-UP day, prior to the afternoon's Travel Influencer Marketplace, a networking event connecting over 100 influencers with leading travel and tourism brands.
sit-UP takes place on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London. The event's conference and marketplace are followed by an evening after-party featuring a brand-new awards ceremony for influencers and travel brands.
Among the event's other high-profile conference speakers are Alex Hunter (Attaché) the former global Head of Online for Virgin Group; Emma Mead, VisitBritain; Philip Trippenbach, Edelman; Sumandeep Sohi, Advertising Standards Authority (ASA); David Reilly (Life of Reilly); Julie Falconer (A Lady in London); Karen Beddow (MiniTravellers); Paul Johnson (A Luxury Travel Blog), and Sian Lewis (The Girl Outdoors).
Brands attending sit-UP include AMResorts, Austrian National Tourist Office, Cultural Heart of Germany, Destination St. John's, Flamingo Marketing, Inghams, Grenada Tourism Authority, Macao Government Tourist Office, Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme, Ski Total and VisitBritain.
Among over 150 influencers already signed up for sit-UP are Andrew and Emily (Along Dusty Roads), Conor MacNeill (thefella), Cory Varga (You Could Travel), Eulanda Shead Osagiede (HDYTI), Grace Harding, (The Idyll), Heather Cowper (Heather on her travels), Kash Bhattacharya (BudgetTraveller), Kirstie Pelling, (The Family Adventure Project), Jennifer Howze (Jenography.net & BritMums), Mariana Martins (Mari and the City), Melissa Lau (Wanderfultraveler), Paul Farrugia (globalhelpswap), Sarah-Jane Begonja (Chasing the Donkey), Tania Bunic (taniabdarling), and Taylor Fuller (Travel Colorfully).
sit-Up happens the day after TravMedia's IMM – also at the QEII – the market-leading event connecting the travel industry with the media, also created by TravMedia UK.
Demand for IMM has been equally strong with exhibition space almost sold out and 200 media already registered.
Said Henry Hemming, Managing Director of TravMedia UK: “Matt Kepnes is influencer royalty and a terrific conference speaker. We're delighted he's coming to London to share his insights into a market that's growing at pulsating speed.”
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EDITORS NOTES
Originally created by a travel journalist seeking a better way to research and report travel news, TravMedia is dedicated to creating thriving online communities of travel journalists and travel PR professionals.
The company currently operates in 11 countries: Australia, Germany, Dubai, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Africa, and has amassed over 50,000 journalist and PR members.
In the UK, TravMedia and Food4Media are part of the family of websites that also includes Homes4Media.com and Property4Media.com, sites that are owned and operated separately by News4Media Ltd.
The technology used by the sites has become an essential tool for journalists, influencers and PR professionals in their day-to-day activities, as they connect and share information in their working lives.
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For further information, please contact:
Ana Rodrigues
sit-UP Event Manager
T: +44 (0)20 3440 8914
